Do you use the metric system ??

Neewbie_noob

I am a 21 yo male and always use it, I express my height in metres, weight in kg, distance in km, and speed in kph, etc. Nothing grinds my gears more than a cook book with dual measurements, or my mammy leaving the kitchen balance in the aul measurements, leaving me to change it back. It's been Metric since 1978, why in the fudge are we still lingering onto these antiquated illogical measurements, metric are easy and base 10 ... it's a no-brainer.

and in before the Abe Simpson: "The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."

smash

Only when I measure my penis. It sounds bigger that way.

questionmark?

No.

Next question please.

MadsL

Absolutely, I use it 60 seconds every minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, 365 days a year...oh wait.

Back in a decade

brummytom

All of the above

No, I weigh myself in stone/pounds and height in feet and inches. My mom recently told me she'd lost 'x' kilograms of weight, asked her what that was in pounds, wouldn't have a clue otherwise.

juan.kerr

None of the above

I didn't realise there was an alternative.

RidleyRider

All of the above

I ticked all the boxes

pablomakaveli

EDIT: I really need to read the first post properly:o

Turtyturd

You didn't even link the decent Simpsons reference to the metric system.

Neewbie_noob

RidleyRider wrote: »

I ticked all the boxes

Why you

Neewbie_noob

pablomakaveli wrote: »

My car gets fourty rods to the hogs head and that's the way I likes it

It's in my OP.

Turtyturd wrote: »

You didn't even link the decent Simpsons reference to the metric system.

Couldn't find it.

Max Power

All of the above

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

I am a 21 yo male and always use it, I express my height in metres, weight in kg, distance in km, and speed in kph, etc. Nothing grinds my gears more than a cook book with dual measurements, or my mammy leaving the kitchen balance in the aul measurements, leaving me to change it back. It's been Metric since 1978, why in the fudge are we still lingering onto these antiquated illogical measurements, metric are easy and base 10 ... it's a no-brainer.

and in before the Abe Simpson: "The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."

pablomakaveli wrote: »

My car gets fourty rods to the hogs head and that's the way I likes it

Is there an echo in here?

im invisible

None of the above

i trhought the answer would be yes, but it seems i only use metric for temperature, and maybe litres of milk, but pints of beer, so wasnt sure which.

Shryke

SI units for everything.

OneArt

I only use it with height. I haven't a clue about stones or pounds, or even miles. I don't see the point in the Imperial system. It all just seems to be random sh!t thrown together. Metric is better.

phasers

I don't understand people when they give you their weights in kilos, but I use grams and kilos for cooking

I use feet and inches for height

I guess I use it a bit but not when it comes to human measurements.

GLaDOS

Work in a lab so use it for everything there: distance, mass, volume etc

Outside of that though I'll use miles and kilometers equally and always express my weight/height in imperial system.

Metric is better but habits die hard.

Fr_Dougal

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

I am a 21 yo male and always use it

No, you don't.

Neewbie_noob

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

No, you don't.

Tell me more you know about my life

Sky King

When you say 'fluid' do you mean volume? Or viscosity?

Pherekydes

I'm 6 ft tall and weigh 95 kgs.

"Can I have 568mls of beer, please"

Neewbie_noob

I am a 21 yo male and always use it

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

No, you don't.

Soorryyyy .. SI units, where are my manners I am a 21 yo 6.62910^8 second old male and always use it

Sky King

Pherekydes wrote: »

"Can I have 568mls of beer, please"

You don't have to specify the displacement of the vessel used to contain your beer - barmen just assume you want a pint, unless you have the appearance of a homo about you.

phasers

Pherekydes wrote: »

I'm 6 ft tall and weigh 95 kgs.

"Can I have 568mls of beer, please"

You need to gain / lose weight.

Congratulations on being your ideal weight for your height.

Please delete accordingly.

Fr_Dougal

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

I am a 21 yo male and always use it



Soorryyyy .. SI units, where are my manners I am a 21 yo 6.62910^8 second old male and always use it

Point proven.

Mint Sauce

A Royal with cheese please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLtwFugudZE

EoghanIRL

I use it for physics everyday

Pottler

I use Imperial. It's a snob thing. Metric is very common.

msg11

Where is the option for 'Ireland - Still without broadband'

Firefox11

None of the above

Sure didn't NASA loose a $94 million Mars probe because they got the Units Mixed up.:D

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1999/09/31631

jester77

I still order a pint of Guinness, would be weird asking for "473ml of Guinness please?"

EoghanIRL

Firefox11 wrote: »

Sure didn't NASA loose a $94 million Mars probe because they got the Units Mixed up.:D

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1999/09/31631

I never realised . What a waste of money

bob50

All of the above

No i dont bother with the metric system.

Give me imperial all the the time can never understand middle aged people here talk about a distance in kms , its miles ffs


Anyway Ireland wanted to show our "friends" in Europe we were / are strong europeans in the 90s. Thats why we had to get away from the english imperial pun intended system

Light Switch

All of the above

18yo here and use imperial.

**** off with ye're kilometres and other confusing bollox.

FISMA

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

... weight in kg, ...

mass in kilograms, weight in Newtons.
:pac:

Sky King

jester77 wrote: »

I still order a pint of Guinness, would be weird asking for "473ml of Guinness please?"

When you order, do you specify a US pint as opposed to an imperial one?

Sky King

Light Switch wrote: »

18yo here and use imperial.

**** off with ye're kilometres and other confusing bollox.

Yea 12 inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, 220 yards in a furlong, 8 furlongs in a mile.

It's just.... better isnt it?

jester77

I use a mixture of both. I weigh myself in stones and pounds, measure my height in feet and inches, talk about the speed of a car and the distance traveled in a car in mph and miles, use miles per gallon consumption, use gallons for large quantities of liquid and measure tyre pressure in psi.

Being a physicist I use metric for all my work, in cooking, in measuring liquid smaller than a gallon, when talking to people who don't understand imperial etc etc.

jester77 wrote: »

I still order a pint of Guinness, would be weird asking for "473ml of Guinness please?"

Thats a silly american "pint" a real pint like you get in Ireland is 568ml.

Frederica Beauregard

Yes, as Condorcet said "For all people for all time".

newmug

For fluid

Just to answer the OP on WHY people still use imperial; you're 21. You were probably taught the metric system in school. Given that most people live into their 80's, that leaves roughly three quarters of the population having learned the imperial system in school. Most people use it, because its what most of us were taught.

THATS why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

123 LC

None of the above

if you select all of the above you are also selecting none of the above :P

Cookie_Monster

None of the above

metric for everything cept beer

why do you still claim 'mileage' but enter kilometre figures?

1ZRed

I stated all the above but thinking about it I usually say my height in feet, though I'd know what 5'6 up to 6'6 would be in centimetres. I'm metric with my weight and everything else like speed/distance because it's just easier to be accurate.

And as for my dick, well, it's an imperial unit and should be measured as one! :pac:

JustAThought

All of the above

Even The logical obedient Swedish gave up on us!

I saw with delight that the IKEA official measuring tape now comes in an oirish only version - mysterious millimeters kn one side + inches on the other!
Up ya boyo!

Seaneh

None of the above

jester77 wrote: »

I still order a pint of Guinness, would be weird asking for "473ml of Guinness please?"

Especially as thats an american pint (16fl oz) and guinness is served in imperial pints which are 568ml (20fl oz).

Cookie_Monster

None of the above

jester77 wrote: »

I still order a pint of Guinness, would be weird asking for "473ml of Guinness please?"

A gay beer for my friend and a proper beer for me please

BrensBenz

In our haste to escape British imperialism, we aspire to US statehood instead. The US still use "Merkan" units. We copy all things Merkan, therefore we will (at least) continue as we are and may become even more Merkan than the Merkans themselves. Prepare to buy your spuds in bushels, petrol in US gallons and tenths of a gallon, beer in fluid ounces, milk in quarts and forget all about any unit of weight / mass bigger than a pound.
After that, Merkan spelling and making questions out of statements becomes mandatory. No whut Aw'm sayin'?

Pherekydes

Sky King wrote: »

When you order, do you specify a US pint as opposed to an imperial one?

And that there is the problem with the imperial system.

Jimoslimos

As a scientist I have to use the metric system.

Except for the following
Volume: Olympic size swimming pools
Weight: Elephants
Height: Double-decker buses

jester77

Sky King wrote: »

When you order, do you specify a US pint as opposed to an imperial one?

Karter Fancy Saxophonist wrote: »

Thats a silly american "pint" a real pint like you get in Ireland is 568ml.

Seaneh wrote: »

Especially as thats an american pint (16fl oz) and guinness is served in imperial pints which are 568ml (20fl oz).

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

A gay beer for my friend and a proper beer for me please

Damn, I've been seriously underestimating my calorie intake, no wonder I've a beer belly :eek:

fasttalkerchat

None of the above

I still use miles for long distances and speed of car in mph.
I give my height in imperial because I'm around 6ft... if I give a rough figure in cm your guess is as good as mine!